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Eskom and Europe’s long-term lending institution, the European Investment Bank (EIB), have agreed a new €75 million (R1.1 billion) finance contract to support Eskom’s 100MW Concentrating Solar Power (CSP) plant close to Upington in the Northern Cape.

Calgary, AB (August 6, 2014) - TransAlta Corporation (TSX:TA)(NYSE:TAC) announced today that it has agreed to issue to a syndicate of underwriters led by RBC Capital Markets, CIBC and Scotiabank for distribution to the public 6,000,000 Cumulative Redeemable Rate Reset First Preferred Shares, Series G (the "Series G Shares").

COVINGTON, Ky. - Ashland Inc. (NYSE: ASH) today announced that it has established 10b5-1 plans with each of Deutsche Bank Securities and JPMorgan Chase Bank, N.A., ("JPMorgan") to repurchase an aggregate of $250 million of Ashland's common stock.

The operator of a massive mobile cramming scheme has agreed to surrender more than $1.2 million in assets to settle Federal Trade Commission charges, including the contents of numerous bank accounts, two luxury cars, shares in a number of startup companies and multiple luxury watches.

“Ensuring that consumers are protected in the growing mobile environment

Today at the U.S.-Africa Leaders Summit, U.S. and African officials announced that more than $10 billion will be realized through responsible private investments as part of the New Alliance for Food Security and Nutrition, which President Obama launched at the 2012 G8 Summit at Camp David.

A number of micro-sized technologies — such as nanopores and microfluidics — are among the approaches researchers will use to develop high quality, low cost DNA sequencing technology through new grants from the National Institutes of Health.

Social Security ran a $71 billion deficit in 2013, closing out four years of consecutive cash-flow deficits as the program’s unfunded obligations continue to grow. Despite being solvent for about two more decades, the Social Security and Disability Insurance programs are already contributing to annual deficits.

LOS ANGELES, CA - July 30, 2014 – HFF announced today that it has arranged a $16.4 million refinancing for Santa Fe Commerce Center, a 261,533-square-foot industrial building in Los Angeles, California. Working on behalf of EVOQ Properties, HFF placed the three-year, floating-rate loan with Principal Real Estate Investors. Loan proceeds were used to refinance an existing bridge loan that HFF placed on the property in June 2012.

Work on India's first dedicated cryptology centre – plans for which were first announced in June 2012 – will likely accelerate as the project has gained initial funding of Rs. 115 crore from the federal government, stepping up the nation's efforts to stay on top of an area critical to its military and financial interests.

City, State, Country., July 25, 2014 - (PressReleasePoint) - Ever since their introduction in the global market in 2009, pico projectors have revolutionized the global projector market. Although the market is still in nascent stage, the demand for pico projectors has been registering significant growth over the last few years.

(PressReleasePoint) - Mumbai, India, July 24th, 2014 -- With the closure of its Rs 2000 crore deal with Torrent Pharmaceuticals Ltd involving selling off of more than 30 ethical brands including Shelcal, Elder Pharmaceuticals Ltd plans to create a super brand out of Eldervit with prod